Parallelism

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The quality or state of being parallel.

II. Parallelism ·noun Resemblance; correspondence; similarity.

III. Parallelism ·noun Similarity of construction or meaning of clauses placed side by side, especially clauses expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, as is common in Hebrew poetry; ·e.g.: --//At her feet he bowed, he fell:/Where he bowed, there he fell down dead. Judg. v.27.